Vizag: Andhra Pradesh IT Minister Nara Lokesh on Tuesday said that what happened to the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in Karnataka Assembly polls was just a ‘trailer’ and that a ‘real cinema’ would be shown in 2019 general election.
Speaking at the ‘Dharma Poratam Sabha’ in Vizag, the IT and Rural Development Minister said “Telugu people showed you just a trailer in Karnataka elections. They will show you the full movie in 2019 elections.”
Attacking the Bhartiya Janta Party, the TDP leader said Telugu Desam Party (TDP) had collaborated with the BJP in 2014 hoping that the new government at the Centre would help the state but all went in vain.”
“We had a tie-up with the BJP in 2014 elections. The TDP had given an opportunity to BJP leaders who can’t win as ward members. TDP made victory possible for BJP MLAs and MLCs,” he added.
Commenting on the decline of Congress party, Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu said that the BJP will soon take the position of the Congress in the country, referring to the diminishing political presence of the grand old party in the nation. N. Chandrababu Naidu was also present in the event.
Earlier in March, TDP had quit the BJP led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) over the issue of special status for Andhra Pradesh.
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